Altitudinal variation in the morphometric characteristics of Aedes vexans Meigen from northeastern Turkey

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-41

  Kuclu, Ozge ^a   Aldemir, Adnan ^a   Demirci, Berna ^b  

^a KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aedes vexans Meigen; Aras Valley; Geographic variation; Geometric morphometrics

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FORELIMB; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AEDES; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; GEOGRAPHY; TURKEY; WING;

AEDES VEXANS;

EID: 79957998019     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: 19487134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2011.00138.x     Document Type: Article

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